The XVII. International Conference on Cooperative Studies (ICCS) will take place at the University of Vienna from September 18 to 20, 2012, it will be the conference following the ICCS 2008 in Cologne.

The conference is held on behalf of the Association of Cooperative Research Institutes (AGI - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genossenschaftswissenschaftlicher Institute) by
in cooperation with
The conference is held under the patronage of the Federal President of the Republic of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer.


We are thankful to the following sponsors: Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband and Raiffeisen Gruppe, Österreichischer Genossenschaftsverband (Schulze-Delitzsch) and Volksbanken Gruppe, Österreichischer Verband der gemeinnützigen Bauvereinigungen - Revisionsverband as well as Konsumverband and DZ BANK Stiftung.